SERMON Copy link • SERMON*oratio quae de rebus divinis habetur; *oratio de rebus divinis habita (but not concio sacra). A sermon on a gospel, or an epistle, *ratio, qua explanatur pericope evangelica, epistolica: to preach a sermon [Vid: To PREACH]: to attend or hear a sermon, *orationem, quae de rebus divinis habetur, audire: to attend sermons constantly, *numquam a Christianorum sacris abesse. ImPROP., *oratio severa, aspera, or acris: verborum castigatio. To preach anybody a sermon, aliquem verbis castigare; graviter invehi in aliquem; aliquem graviter monere (i. e., to rebuke severely).